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Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Kane will be on the same pitch tonight (Credit: Getty Images/Rex Features)

With Tottenham taking on Real Madrid this evening talk of Harry Kane moving to the Bernabeu is rife.

In addition to the Champions League fixture, a couple of factors have made such speculation inevitable. Real Madrid have made a habit of snatching Tottenham’s best talent, with both Luka Modric and Gareth Bale trading White Hart Lane for Los Blancos in recent years. Also, the Spanish giants have a habit of signing the best players in the world and there is no doubt Kane is now in that category.

But with Cristiano Ronaldo showing few signs of wanting to make way for a new centre-forward at Real Madrid, isn’t it still too early for Kane to make the switch? Perhaps not.

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2017 has been an incredible year for Kane – so good that many of his goalscoring stats eclipse those of Ronaldo.

Kane has been on fire this year (Getty)

Kane has scored 27 league goals during the year compared to 16 for Ronaldo, despite having played only three games more (25 appearances to 22). The Tottenham striker’s record in domestic cup competitions and goals per game in internationals is also better than his Real Madrid counterpart.

The only competition in which Ronaldo betters Kane is in the Champions League where he has scored 14 goals in 10 appearances during 2017 in comparison to five goals in four games for Kane.

Ronaldo was prolific in last season’s Champions League knock-out stages (Getty)

Over the course of the year, the duo have scored an equal 43 goals – but Kane has achieved that figure in fewer games. The England international has been finding the back of the net at a rate of 1.13 a game compared to 0.93 for Ronaldo.

There is obviously much more to be considered than simply the duo’s goalscoring stats, but on that front Kane looks ready if Real Madrid came calling. It is perhaps why Zinedine Zidane was full of praise for him prior to tonight’s match.

‘He is a very important player, he is a key player for Tottenham – he is very good at everything,’ said the Real Madrid manager. ‘What he does is always towards the goal, he attacks space at speed. He is a complete player.’

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When asked about the possibility of signing him, Zidane said: ‘I don’t know what will happen in the future.’

Based on Kane’s incredible 2017, Tottenham fans will fear an approach could be coming sooner rather than later.